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John Pigdon (3 July 1832 – 24 October 1903) was
mayor of Melbourne This is a list of the mayors and lord mayors of the City of Melbourne, a Local government in Australia, local government area of Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia. Mayors (1842–1902) Lord mayors (1902–1980) The title of "Lord ...
from 1881–82. Pigdon was born in
Longhorsley Longhorsley is a village in Northumberland, England about northwest of Morpeth, Northumberland, Morpeth, and about south of Alnwick. The A697 road passes through the village linking it with Morpeth, Wooler and Coldstream in Scotland. There are ...
,
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,
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, and migrated to
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in 1852, where he became a building contractor and businessman. He served on the Melbourne City Council from 1869 until 1903. Pigdon died in
Bendigo, Victoria Bendigo ( ) is a city in Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, located in the Bendigo Valley near the geographical centre of the state and approximately north-west of Melbourne, the state capital. As of 2019, Bendigo had an urban populat ...
, Australia on 24 October 1903, aged 71.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Pigdon, John 1832 births 1903 deaths English emigrants to colonial Australia Mayors and Lord Mayors of Melbourne Politicians from the Colony of Victoria 19th-century Australian politicians People from Longhorsley